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Oh my god how hard can this be.  We are a family of four with limited budget looking for a two or three room tent, need to fit in a ten year old and a 16month old complete with travel cot ..oh and I forgot to mention only had 1 large one room tent dome before so fairly new to the game.  Newcastle upon tyne does not have many places to view tents (any suggestions greatly received).

Anyway looking at Vango colorado 600 or 800 dlx and diabolo ranges, Outwell Hartford l, and Wynnster and need to stand up in bedroom.

Pleease help make the decision £150-00 - £200-00 the less the better.  Have to buy all the equipment.

Have you looked here?

http://www.awnings.co.uk/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=1700

This where our friends got their tent from, which was a basecamp bungalow, a roomy vis a vis tent that has done them proud. Its in your neck of the woods.

The sunncamp shadow looks a good contender, as does the invader (similar to the vario) as they would give you good headheight and space within budget.

Best thing is to look at a few, shortlist the ones you like, then research them on here.

Hope that helps a bit!

Halfords have some cheap and cheerful items available

... http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/categorydisplay_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_categoryId_33978_langId_-1_topCategoryId__parentcategoryrn_34005_crumb_34005_topcategory_34005

We looked at both the Colorado and Diablo ranges from Vango when we decided to move from 2x2 man tents into a family tent with our children (8 and 1). They are both lovely tents but we decided that they were just too big, and might present problems on some sites (being charged for 2 pitches etc). For this reason we decided to opt for a smaller footprint tunnel tent.

We went for a Coleman Columbus 8 in the end, mainly because we found one for only £149! It has 3 bedrooms, 2 doubles and a single, and you can stand up in all of them. There is also enough living space for the kids to play if its raining and they're stuck indoors.

A couple of others we liked were the Vango TBS Oregon and Wyoming. The SunnCamp Shadow 800 was good too.

My main advice would be to visit a shop which has tents up! Or better still a tent show. You need to look around a tent before you buy - what looks perfect in a picture can look totally different in the flesh!

Good luck.

Quote: Originally posted by anniemcmullen on 12/7/2007

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Oh my god how hard can this be. We are a family of four with limited budget looking for a two or three room tent, need to fit in a ten year old and a 16month old complete with travel cot ..oh and I forgot to mention only had 1 large one room tent dome before so fairly new to the game. Newcastle upon tyne does not have many places to view tents (any suggestions greatly received).

Anyway looking at Vango colorado 600 or 800 dlx and diabolo ranges, Outwell Hartford l, and Wynnster and need to stand up in bedroom.

Pleease help make the decision £150-00 - £200-00 the less the better. Have to buy all the equipment.

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Take a look at the khyam ontario 6 if you have a budget of less than 200 this is a great starter tent.....or the vango wyoming at millets was on offer the other week for 150

jans

Quote: Originally posted by good_in_tent on 12/7/2007

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Have you looked here?

http://www.awnings.co.uk/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=1700

This where our friends got their tent from, which was a basecamp bungalow, a roomy vis a vis tent that has done them proud. Its in your neck of the woods.

The sunncamp shadow looks a good contender, as does the invader (similar to the vario) as they would give you good headheight and space within budget.

Best thing is to look at a few, shortlist the ones you like, then research them on here.

Hope that helps a bit!

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Hi, i have seen the Hartford L at £169 on totalcamping.co.uk

great tent for a small family

Try Universal Caravans on Sandy lane Gosforth or Great Outdoors (next to Boundary Mills) in Shiremoor. Both have good displays of family tents.

Mo

We have a Campus Indiana 8 which is now called a Khyam Indiana 8 and is available for a real bargain online price here:

http://www.outdooraction.co.uk/acatalog/KHYAM_INDIANA_8_PS_TENT__2006_.html

and you get a free double airbed!

I love our tent, and in fact, they've improved it since we got ours cos it's got bigger windows.  We paid £199 for ours so this is a really good price.

Very sturdy tent, copes well with bad weather, wind and rain, plenty of room in bedrooms and living area.

Well, I guess you realise I love my tent!!  Can highly recommend it.

I agree with Mo, have a look at Universal caravans on Sandy Lane has a good display and they have some of last years big tents at good prices.

Andy